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CARL MEINERTH, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent 1%. 66,726, dated July 16, 1867.

MODE 0F PRINTING PHOTOGRAPHS.

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Be it known'tthat I, CARL MEINERTE, of Newburyport, Essex county, in theState of Massachusetts, have invented a new and impwvezl Method ofPrinting Photographs and I do herewith declare that the following is afull and exact description of this my method.

My invention consists in placing between the negative film and the paperor any other substance to print the picture upon, a layer of mica, orglass, or other transparent medium, or a mat, or the glass of thenegative itself, whereby, during printing, the rays of light are sodispersed as to prevent atoo sharp image, and produce one of uniformsoftness and rountlness, having the efi'eotof a mezzo tinto, or ofmarble, alabaster, porcelain, 830.

Thus I claim the interposition of any transparent medium, or a matbetween the negative film and the printing surface, for the purpose ofproducing the efi'ect as shown in the enclosed specimens.

CARL MEINERTH.

Witnesses:

Ones. M. Hones, J om: M. BROWN.

